Order is good — but never at the expense of obedience to the Holy Spirit.
“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
— John 3:8
I’m walking across a parking lot, and the wind is blowing hard — maybe even too loud for this moment. You can hear it. You can feel it. And everywhere I look, the objects around me are doing the same thing. They’re moving in the direction the wind is blowing. They’re bending with the breeze.
The wind is in control.
And standing there, watching that, my mind went straight to the Holy Spirit.
THE DANGER OF ORDER WITHOUT SENSITIVITY
If we’re not careful, we can become so organized, so structured, and so committed to doing things “the right way” that we actually organize the Holy Ghost out. Order is good. Structure is good. Decency and order matter.
But when order becomes orchestration — when everything is so rigid that there’s no room for God to move — we risk missing what the Spirit wants to do.
THE PRIORITY OF BEING IN TUNE
A preacher once told me, “The most important thing in a service isn’t the sermon or the suit — it’s that the pastor is in tune with the Holy Spirit.”
That stuck with me.
And it raises a bigger question — not just for pastors, but for every believer.
ARE YOU BENDING WITH THE BREEZE?
In your personal life, are you in tune with the Spirit of God?
Are you listening when He speaks?
Are you obeying when He prompts?
Are you Spirit-filled — or just well-planned?
God often speaks in a still, small voice. And those who hear Him best are those who aren’t stiff, stubborn, or set in their own way — but sensitive, yielded, and willing to bend when the breeze begins to blow.
DON’T RESIST WHAT GOD IS DOING
The trees don’t fight the wind — they move with it.
They don’t argue with the breeze — they yield to it.
And neither should we.
May God help us to be people who are prepared — but not resistant.
Ordered — but not closed.
Structured — but still surrendered.
When the Spirit moves, bend with the breeze.
